TOPIC:
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should ban the collection of personal data through biometric recognition technology.
BACKGROUND:
How much does facial recognition affect everyday life? Whilst facial recognition technology may seem akin to science fiction, it is silently creeping its way into the European policy mainstream. After trialing facial recognition at Berlin-Südkreuz station since 2018, Germany is currently planning to roll out biometric surveillance systems in an additional 134 train stations and 14 airports despite criticism. France relies heavily on facial recognition technologies, with President Macron set to catch up with China and the United States. Italian police also started deploying the Automatic Image Recognition System (SARI) in 2017, targeting not just a few individuals but processing the biometric data of everyone present in spaces monitored for the purpose of identifying certain individuals. Recently, Belgrade (Serbia) installed hundreds of face recognition cameras, creating a permanent surveillance system. Unbeknownst to much of the general public, facial recognition is becoming increasingly common throughout Europe. Luckily, recent legal rulings in some countries have found such facial recognition systems to be unlawful.
— Facial Recognition: Pros And Cons (Civil Liberties Union for Europe, August 3, 2021)
REQUIRED RESEARCH (VIDEOS & MEDIA):
Science of Innovation: Biometrics,
NBC News, May 4, 2020 [5 min]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hv31ZESxoTQ
Advanced facial recognition technology | Marios Savvides,
World Economic Forum, February 21, 2018 [5 min]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U15FWjOWqgQ&list=TLGGkDtOgxs2EWkwNTAzMjAyMw
A Face in the Crowd: Say goodbye to anonymity,
CBS News, May 20, 2013 [13 min]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnfWZvU_Jqo&list=TLGGYm2-NVpttkIwNTAzMjAyMw
REQUIRED RESEARCH (ARTICLES):
Facial Recognition Technology: Here Are The Important Pros and Cons,
Forbes Magazine, August 19, 2019 [PDF]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2019/08/19/facial-recognition-technology-here-are-the-important-pros-and-cons/
Beijing’s Plan to Control the World’s Data: Out-Google Google,
Newsweek, September 7, 2022 [PDF]
https://www.newsweek.com/2022/09/16/beijings-plan-control-worlds-data-out-google-google-1740426.html
TikTok Has Started Collecting Your ‘Faceprints’ and ‘Voiceprints’,
TIME Magazine, June 14, 2021 [PDF]
https://time.com/6071773/tiktok-faceprints-voiceprints-privacy/
White Castle Could Face Multibillion-Dollar Judgment in Illinois Privacy Lawsuit,
US News & World Report, February 17, 2023 [PDF]
https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2023-02-17/white-castle-could-face-multibillion-dollar-judgment-in-illinois-privacy-lawsuit
OPTIONAL RESEARCH (PROS & CONS):
The Pros and Cons of Biometrics,
CEO World Magazine, May 9, 2022 [PDF]
https://ceoworld.biz/2022/05/09/the-pros-and-cons-of-biometrics/
Facial Recognition: PROS & CONS of Regulating Biometric Technology,
Congressional Digest, April 2020
https://congressionaldigest.com/issue/facial-recognition/
The Pros and Cons of Voice Biometrics Technology,
CX Today, June 3, 2021
https://www.cxtoday.com/contact-centre/weighing-the-pros-and-cons-of-voice-biometrics-technology/
Pros and Cons of Facial Recognition – Everything You Need to Know,
Tech Research Online, September 2, 2021
https://techresearchonline.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-facial-recognition/
Pros and Cons of Facial Recognition – Is it a Blessing or a Curse in Disguise?,
BBN Times, November 02, 2022
https://www.bbntimes.com/technology/pros-and-cons-of-facial-recognition-is-it-a-blessing-or-a-curse-in-disguise
Facial Recognition in the Workplace: The Pros and Cons,
Industry Today, February 21, 2023
https://industrytoday.com/facial-recognition-in-the-workplace-the-pros-and-cons/
Advantages & Disadvantages of Facial Recognition,
Environmental Conscience, Last Accessed: March 2023
https://environmental-conscience.com/facial-recognition-pros-cons/
8 Pros and Cons of Facial Recognition: Impact on Society,
Foundation for the Future dot org, January 26, 2022
https://www.foundationforfuture.org/8-pros-and-cons-of-facial-recognition-on-society/
7 Biggest Privacy Concerns Around Facial Recognition Technology,
Civil Liberties Union for Europe, October 25, 2022
https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/facial-recognition-privacy-concerns/44518
Facial Recognition: Pros and Cons,
Civil Liberties Union for Europe, August 3, 2021
https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/pros-and-cons-of-facial-recognition/43708
OPTIONAL RESEARCH (ARTICLES & VIDEOS):
AI Company Scraped Billions of Photos For Facial Recognition. Regulators Can’t Stop It,
TIME Magazine, May 27, 2022 [PDF]
https://time.com/6182177/clearview-ai-regulators-uk/
Note: This will be one of our strongest arguments – regulations won’t work (fines will fail).
Biometrics: definition, use cases, latest news,
The Thales Group, Last Updated: January 27, 2022 [PDF]
https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/markets/digital-identity-and-security/government/inspired/biometrics
Note: This is a comprehensive document explaining nearly everything about the topic.
U.S. Deploys Technology to Track More Than 200,000 Immigrants, Triggering Privacy Lawsuit,
TIME Magazine, April 18, 2022 [PDF]
https://time.com/6167467/immigrant-tracking-ice-technology-data/
How Technology and Training Can Stop Human Trafficking in its Tracks,
Newsweek, September 28, 2022 [PDF]
https://www.newsweek.com/how-technology-training-can-stop-human-trafficking-its-tracks-1746698
Biometric Data: Massive Security Risk or the Only Way Forward for COVID-19 Safety?,
Annemarie Mannion, Risk and Insurance, August 4, 2020 [PDF]
https://riskandinsurance.com/biometric-data-massive-security-risk-or-the-only-way-forward-for-covid-19-safety/
Eight case studies on regulating biometric technology show us a path forward,
MIT Technology Review, September 4, 2020
https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/04/1008164/ai-biometric-face-recognition-regulation-amba-kak/
The IRS Should Stop Using Facial Recognition,
The Atlantic, January 27, 2022
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/irs-should-stop-using-facial-recognition/621386/
Racial Discrimination in Face Recognition Technology,
Science in the News, Harvard University, October 24, 2020
https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/racial-discrimination-in-face-recognition-technology/
Passwords Are Terrible, but Will Biometrics Be Any Better?,
Harvard Business Review, May 11, 2017
https://hbr.org/2017/05/passwords-are-terrible-but-will-biometrics-be-any-better
Biometrics Won’t Solve Our Data-Security Crisis,
Harvard Business Review, Dec 06, 2017
https://hbr.org/2017/12/biometrics-wont-solve-our-data-security-crisis
Tracing the Untraceable: New Technologies Monitor Displaced Persons & History of Population Control,
Harvard International Review, May 24, 2021
https://hir.harvard.edu/new-technologies-that-monitor-displaced-persons/
Biometric Monitoring, Service Delivery and Misreporting: Evidence from Healthcare in India,
Harvard Business School (Working Paper), October 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55885
A Healthy Mistrust: Curbing Biometric Data Misuse in the Workplace,
Prof. Elizabeth A. Brown, Harvard University, Stanford Technology Law Review, 2020
https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Brown-A-Healthy-Mistrust.pdf
How a New Generation Is Combatting Digital Surveillance,
Princeton University, June 4, 2022
https://aas.princeton.edu/news/how-new-generation-combatting-digital-surveillance
The Challenges of Facial Recognition Technologies,
Stanford University, April 23, 2020
https://hai.stanford.edu/news/challenges-facial-recognition-technologies
Regulating Facial Recognition Technology in the Private Sector,
Stanford Technology Law Review, 2020
https://law.stanford.edu/publications/regulating-facial-recognition-technology-in-the-private-sector/
HAI Fellow Michelle Spektor: How the History of Biometrics Informs Its Future,
Stanford University, June 3, 2021
https://hai.stanford.edu/news/hai-fellow-michelle-spektor-how-history-biometrics-informs-its-future
Now You See Me. Now You Still Do: Facial Recognition Technology and the Growing Lack of Privacy,
Prof. Dov Greenbaum, Yale University, Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law, Winter 2017
https://www.bu.edu/jostl/files/2017/04/Greenbaum-Online.pdf
Face/Off: The Battle To Authenticate With Biometrics,
Yale Journal of Law and Technology, April 15, 2021
https://yjolt.org/blog/faceoff-battle-authenticate-biometrics
Researchers Warn of Problems Using Mobile Technologies in Public Health Care,
Yale School of Medicine, January 2, 2019
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/researchers-warn-of-problems-using-mobile-technologies-in-public-health-care/
Paying for Privacy and the Personal Data Economy,
Columbia Law Review, October 2017
https://columbialawreview.org/content/paying-for-privacy-and-the-personal-data-economy/
Technological Self-Incrimination: The Precedent of Biometric Unlocking,
Columbia Undergraduate Law Review, October 31, 2017
https://www.culawreview.org/journal/technological-self-incrimination-the-precedent-of-biometric-unlocking
Biometric Privacy Law As Applied To Virtual Reality and Immersive Technologies,
Science and Technology Law Review, Columbia University, January 31, 2022
https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/stlr/blog/view/420
Europe’s Next Steps in Regulating Facial Recognition Technology,
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, November 7, 2021
https://www.jtl.columbia.edu/bulletin-blog/europes-next-steps-in-regulating-facial-recognition-technology
The Use of Biometric Data for Personal Identification Purposes,
Science and Technology Law Review, Columbia University, November 13, 2017
https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/stlr/blog/view/172
Voice Analytics and Artificial Intelligence: Future Directions for a post-COVID world,
Wharton School of Business, UPenn, August 5, 2020
https://aiab.wharton.upenn.edu/white-paper/voice-analytics-and-artificial-intelligence-future-directions-for-a-post-covid-world/
After Equifax, Can Our Data Ever Be Safe?,
Wharton School of Business, UPenn, September 19, 2017
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/equifax-can-data-ever-safe/
Police surveillance afacialnd recognition: Why data privacy is imperative for communities of color,
Brookings Institution, April 12, 2022
https://www.brookings.edu/research/police-surveillance-and-facial-recognition-why-data-privacy-is-an-imperative-for-communities-of-color/
The enduring risks posed by biometric identification systems,
Brookings Institution, February 9, 2022
https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/the-enduring-risks-posed-by-biometric-identification-systems/
Mitigating bias and equity in use of facial recognition technology by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
Brookings Institution, July 27, 2022
https://www.brookings.edu/testimonies/mitigating-bias-and-equity-in-use-of-facial-recognition-technology-by-the-u-s-customs-and-border-protection/
Mandating fairness and accuracy assessments for law enforcement facial recognition systems,
Brookings Institution, May 26, 2021
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/05/26/mandating-fairness-and-accuracy-assessments-for-law-enforcement-facial-recognition-systems/
What are the proper limits on police use of facial recognition?,
Brookings Institution, June 20, 2019
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/05/26/mandating-fairness-and-accuracy-assessments-for-law-enforcement-facial-recognition-systems/
Facial Recognition Technology Is Getting out of Control,
CATO Institute, March 9, 2020 [PDF]
https://www.cato.org/commentary/facial-recognition-technology-getting-out-control
Giving TSA Facial‐Recognition Software Isn’t Worth a Faster Security Line,
CATO Institute, September 24, 2018
https://www.cato.org/commentary/giving-tsa-facial-recognition-software-isnt-worth-faster-security-line
Heritage Expert Testifies to Congress on Facial Recognition Technology,
Heritage Foundation, July 26, 2021
https://www.heritage.org/impact/heritage-expert-testifies-congress-facial-recognition-technology
Addressing Legitimate Concerns About Government Use of Facial Recognition Technologies,
Heritage Foundation, October 30, 2020
https://www.heritage.org/civil-rights/report/addressing-legitimate-concerns-about-government-use-facial-recognition
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